40. Yosemite and the High Sierras. (1914.) Same author. They are books of rare value, occupying a field by themselves. They are full of fascinating word pictures of mountain scenes. The first is of Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helens. The city librarian of a Massachusetts city wrote to Mr. Williams "We have a radiopticon in our library. I shall mount the illustrations from your book and use the text for short talks on the mountains." No. 39 pictures Rainier which is called "Rainier-Tacoma." John Muir wrote "The glorious mountain is indebted to you for your magnificent book and so is every mountaineer." This contains the "flora of the mountain slopes" by J. B. Flett. The third book is dedicated to the Sierra Club with an introductory poem by Robert Service.
41. The North American Indian. (1908-1915.) Edward S. Curtis. It is doubtful if any book which has to do with our state has attracted to it so much notice as these ten volumes of Indian lore illustrated by superb photographs taken by the author. He spent years in getting first hand acquaintance with some of the tribes and in securing the pictures which have made him famous. Theodore Roosevelt wrote the preface and J. Pierpont Morgan subscribed $3,000 as an advance guarantee.
42. Rambles in Colonial Byways. (1900.) Rufus Rockwell Wilson.
43. Romance of Feudal Chateaux. (1900.) Elizabeth Williams Champney. This is one of a delightful series written in part before the author was a resident of the state. The others are
44. Romance of French Abbeys. (1905.)
45. Romance of Italian Villas. (1906.)
46. Romance of Renaissance Chateaux. (1907.)
47. Romance of Bourbon Chateaux. (1907.)
48. Romance of Roman Villas. (1908.)
49. Romance of Imperial Rome. (1910.) Mrs. Champney also wrote Great Grandmothers' Girls in New France and Three Vassar Girls.